Lotte Anker

Anker was born in Copenhagen and studied music at Copenhagen University from 1980 to 1984. In 1988, she formed a quartet with piano player Mette Petersen, (the Lotte Anker / Mette Petersen Quartet). In 1992, they added trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. In 1995, she became a member of the free improvising trio Anker, Friis, Poulsen with Hasse Poulsen on guitar and Peter Friis Nielsen on bass. Since 1996, Anker and Ture Larsen have been co-leaders of the 12-piece orchestra Copenhagen Art Ensemble. She recorded the albums Triptych, Live at the Loft and Floating Islands with pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Gerald Cleaver. ==Discography==

• Beyond the Mist (Stunt, 1989) • Being (Stunt, 1993) • Infinite Blueness (Av-Art, 1996) • Poetic Justice (Dacapo, 2001) • Six Row Barley (Utech, 2005) • Triptych (Leo, 2005) • Alien Huddle (Intakt, 2008) • Live at the Loft (ILK, 2009) • Floating Islands (ILK, 2009) • Birthmark (Clean Feed, 2013) • Squid Police (Konvoj, 2014) with Jakob Riis • What River Is This (ILK, 2014) • Edge of the Light (Intakt, 2014) with Fred Frith • Plodi (Klopotec, 2017) • ''His Flight's at Ten'' (Iluso, 2018) with Pat Thomas, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Ståle Liavik Solberg With Tim Berne • Open, Coma (Screwgun, 2001) With Fred Frith • Storytelling (Intuition, 2017) With Fred Frith Trio • Road (Intakt, 2021) ==References==